MOTOR SHOW (COLOUR)

[@scopex2749]

I was probably here with my late father. He took us to these now and again. I fell in love with the JENSEN INTERCEPTOR! Awesome car!

[@markjaycox8811]

ME TOO, LOVE MOPAR POWER.

[@fatbelly27]

Great name for a car too

[@susanbrown2909]

And me.

[@brianmilligan1787]

Jensen interceptor 140 MPH Toyota corolla T Sport 140 MPH + can be brought up to 600bhp Shivers Rolls royce last longer than the beautiful girls who sit in them lol

[@stuartbritton4811]

Me too

[@richardbrown1189]

That Japanese gag would cause an international incident nowadays!

[@paulparoma]

I thought the same thing. How stupid and feeble the world has become.

[@paulparoma]

@Kirk Wolfe No one is really talking about an "international incident." The phrase was used figuratively, I am pretty sure. Many of us have seen worse and many of us realize the future can bring unforeseen disasters, but that has nothing to do with the comments above.

[@Gynra]

It's not even accurate. Japanese people have no problem pronouncing the letter "R", and never have. It's "L" that's more problematic.

[@paulparoma]

@@Gynra I always thought the "R" and the "L" were sort of the same thing for Asians, in that neither really exists in their languages. But you are right, the gag was a little clumsy. However, I don't think the intention was to be accurate (pretty impossible for most Brits, anyway) but rather to be a little clever and a little funny. Turns out the guy is no Benny Hill. One certainly couldn't do it today, even if one were Benny Hill, because nothing can be funny anymore.

[@Uncle_Spooky]

So cringey

[@ronanrogers4127]

Back when you could recruit a few pole dancers to spice up a new car release.

[@bubbamcgullicutty8966]

Times were better then !

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

As if the talent is better now.

[@antoniop1968]

Ronan Rogers SAAB all the way! 😛😛

[@boomerhgt]

Roy B It was harmless too now everyone is butt hurt with fuck all humour

[@SteveT3D]

@@replynotificationsdisabled whats wrong with all over tattoos, flesh tunnels and blue / green asymmetric haircuts?

[@gutz1981]

"Do you come with the car?" "Oh you. Ha ha ha ha."

[@nw8000]

LOL That Simpsons episode which one was it I got to see it again!!

[@gutz1981]

@@nw8000 I think it was the Mr Plow episode. Season 3 I think.

[@rappers5719]

🤣

[@nw8000]

@@gutz1981 Thank you dude

[@boomerhgt]

gutz1981 That was when the Simpsons was funny It's ran too long

[@philipbarrett3151]

Britain: "Our spares are more readily available." Japan: "You won't need spares."

[@indridcold8433]

USA-We have a plentiful supply of very affordable parts for our cars in the junkyards, starting with extremely late model, low mileage vehicles.

[@philipbarrett3151]

@@indridcold8433 Yeah but none of them are interchangeable model year to model year because we got built IN obsolescence!

[@mrrolandlawrence]

irony being that austin licensed the design of the A series engine to nissan. during their time that design they updated it 4 times. meanwhile at austin.. whats good enough for 1951 is good enough for the year 2000.

[@philipbarrett3151]

@@mrrolandlawrence Sochiro Honda once said, "every time the US implements new regulations GM hires 100 lawyers & Honda hires 100 engineers!"

[@danabrahams7892]

Remember my dad telling me about a Japanese car manufacturer looking under the bonnet of a Triumph and saying: "Only the British could put that under a bonnet and call it a triumph."

[@HMoyn215]

Our spares more readily available says it all :D

[@philnewstead5388]

00CaldinaGTT Iwas in the working in the main dealer network in the seventies and the parts weren't more readily available because of endless industrial action. We had a Rover 3500 sitting in our workshop for twelve weeks waiting for front pads, hardly an obscure item because Unipart were on strike and BL would not let us fit aftermarket Lockheed pads because the car was still under warranty. Needless to say the customer closed his account soon after as he had bought a Granada.

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

What a selling line. It may break down more often but at least the spares are plentiful.

[@peterallam6494]

Now their spares are available providing you have their tools & equipment & can rent their 'manuals' daily & afford all these at their prices. £60 ish for their recommended oil ....? Buying their cars is only half the cost of ownership!

[@richardrichard5409]

Or in the Stags case, "our engines are more readily available...."😉

[@rickjohansson4257]

@@MaximilianvonPinneberg Some of the older cars in Leno's collection have spare engine and drivetrain parts stowed under the hood and trunk so you could fix them on the fly.

[@andynixon2820]

I love the 70s . Leaky British Leyland cars , scantily clad ' birds ' and casual racism .

[@joannemarc9121]

Andy Nixon me no understandi

[@redflag8970]

same haha

[@ab-qf7hk]

FUCK U

[@manofthehour6856]

@@joannemarc9121 He's basically saying that there is no real British motor industry left and the Japanese ate their breakfast. Hah!

[@Thorny5718]

Casual racism! What you on about you plank?

[@toml.1408]

The JENSEN INTERCEPTOR: Still my favorite car of all time!!! Greetings from Southern California, USA.

[@Afghanen]

The Jensen Interceptor ate all the others for breakfast,lunch and dinner. Still the most awesome car ever built.

[@martintaper7997]

When cars came in colours.

[@harryday174]

All grey, black and white now...

[@martintaper7997]

@@harryday174 ...and generally termed by me as, "funereal" colours.

[@CarbageMan]

Colors don't sell well.

[@martintaper7997]

@@CarbageMan They don't sell well because they are not offered, a self fulfilling prophecy, and guess what, they used to sell well when they were offered - you can only buy what is offered. Some say the Model T Ford only came in black, and that's untrue, it always came in at least 4 other colours - a lot of myth out there about car colours.

[@CarbageMan]

@@martintaper7997 Actually, they are. Market research shows that shades of black, white and gray sell the best. I said it because I meant it. it isn't any "myth."

[@ori6inal-gam3r17]

Imagine the uproar today if they had scantily clad women gyrating on the cars.

[@jourwalis-8875]

You bet!

[@DAMORBEL]

@@jourwalis-8875 Getting girls to take their clothes off is still a great game. As Tom Lehrer observed - there's a charge for what she used to do for free!

[@craigstaggs8597]

@Professor McClaine Indeed I have seen all episodes and the person of colour always wins ....

[@fan-bs4sn]

Yes, the world had become a lot worse

[@laurieharper1526]

@@craigstaggs8597 "We" didn't own it. A wealthy few did. That's still the case today.

[@robertwalls5794]

1:57 16,000 pounds converted to american currency was $20,978 in 1973 adjusted for inflation is around $120,000 in today's dollars. Smoking deal!

[@JC-wg5xn]

The pound was much stronger than that in 1973, 16k GBP then would be well over 200k USD today. That's on par with today's entry level Lamborghinis, like the Urus or Gallardo. Wish the news report included which "space age Lamborghini" we're looking at, makes all the difference! Some of them have only appreciated in value, others not so much.

[@johnathanlalas4460]

Correction at 1:25 of the video. The Valiant Charger from Australia only came in a 6 cylinder model, I believe. To my knowledge there was never a V8 version...

[@johnd8892]

No the race and base ones were sixes. But V8 options of 318, 340 and 360 were offered at different times. Always automatic luxury models though.

[@NoosaHeads]

I was there... It had a wonderful ambience that Birmingham never equalled. Earls Court WAS the motor show.

[@Fubar_The_WEF]

I had a toy Lotus Europa as a kid. I loved it to bits. I'm still no nearer to owning one.

[@joelfildes5544]

Worlds fastest van !

[@paulparoma]

Hah! I had a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado and a Trabant toy as a kid. Loved them both, and the Cadillac was motorized. I have no desire to own either. Well, maybe the Eldo...

[@alanoconnor6921]

All the Morris marina handbooks came with a free bus timetable!!

[@indridcold8433]

All Nissans with a CVT may also benefit their customers to include bus routes and a discount taxi coupon. Actually, all vehicles with a CVT except Subaru and Toyota Prius, could benefit their customers with a good local bus route and a taxi coupon for their customers.

[@stevenlangdon-griffiths293]

I can only agree, the Nissan has its fair share of problems.

[@67AlmazRus]

Good joke! We in Russia know two jokes about Land Rovers: - If there is no oil under it, then it is over. - If you saw a Land Rover on the road, then only one of two things: he is going to the car service or from it just now.

[@alanoconnor6921]

The marinas had a good heated rear window,,,,,, kept your hands warm while you were pushing it,,

[@stevenlangdon-griffiths293]

67AlmazRus how very funny, and true! Lol, hey did you know why we have red, amber and green traffic lights? Red is stop green is go. Amber is to take up all the slack in the transmission!

[@Detroit8V92tta]

If you listen carefully you can actually hear those Fiat's rusting.

[@farmerdude3578]

Yea, really.

[@KeiranLe]

😂

[@Endurorodzndubz]

@@dirtydave2691 If she was giving you a lift home, who was looking after the baby?

[@KentuckyColonel]

Week after Car Show Convention: "Car prices are up 33% but not surprisingly VD is up 70%"

[@rrshowtime3900]

Car CONvention CC 33 Cylinder Capacity CC. Motor Car - MC It's that enough for you? Enough of this Motoring Madness & MAY hem.

[@ranat5526]

The Datsun was the most reliable car in the UK during damp weather and early morning starts.

[@deltafoxtrot2]

we use to have a Datsun Bluebird estate, it had a very reliable engines, unfortunately the bodywork used to disolve and rust away. Datsun got such a bad reputation for poor bodywork that they had to change their name to Nissan.😊

[@trickygoose2]

@@deltafoxtrot2 Nissan was always the company name. Datsun was the brand name used outside Japan until about 1983.

[@bond0666]

Those days will never come back, the world was a better place

[@fairalbion]

A friend ours was a proprietor of a BL garage in Surrey in the 1970s. One day a woman brought in a Honda Accord & asked if they would check the fluids & tyres. Pretty novel: they'd never seen one before. A mechanic opened the bonnet & soon all the other staff, our friend included, were gathered round to look at the layout. It was all precision, neat & tidy, like the mechanism of an expensive Swiss watch - beautiful to behold. Very different to the low quality & antiquated stuff they were to used working on. He later switched to selling & servicing one of the Japanese brands - don't remember which.

[@frankspencer6935]

Some of the later Rovers had Honda engines and gearboxes.

[@stevesrover]

It is nice seeing these cars all brand new.

[@asd36f]

1:29 - I had no idea that the VJ Valiant Charger was sold in England!

[@AtheistOrphan]

Graham Clayton - It wasn’t. The motor show featured lots of cars that were not sold here as ‘show pieces’. Although I suppose you could import one (at great cost).

[@wagoneer11]

Australian Chryslers WERE sold in the UK from the late 60s until the mid 70s. The Charger was one of the most popular models. UK cars were mostly big spec V8 auto. The top of the line CxC hardtop and sedan was also sold in the UK.

[@myopinion138]

@@wagoneer11 You are totally wrong mate

[@wagoneer11]

@@myopinion138 Everything i have stated is a FACT. Just because you are ignorant of something does not make it wrong. Do a little research, google makes it really easy for people like you. Here is one to get started on www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk/aussie-chry.html

[@lesliewood135]

They were sold here. I drove one when working in a Chrysler dealership in Scotland in the mid 70’s. It could go but steering the thing was another matter

[@DM-it2ch]

British Leyland cars were out of date by the time they fell off the end of the production line. The only mystery is how it lasted as long as it did!!

[@lewis72]

Not all of them.

[@R33Racer]

Patriotism mostly. No BL car was ever a success outside the UK, other than perhaps a few Triumphs. Some cars were dated but not all. Some had some real effort put into them, only to be let down by countless other factors.

[@lewis72]

@@R33Racer Yes, build quality was often very bad, which was a great shame as cars like the XJ6, XJ12, Range Rover, SD1, Dolomite Sprint, Stag & Mini would have been much more successful. IMO, BL tried to be be too forward thinking with what they offered instead of doing what Ford did and just sell pleasant-looking run-of-the-mill stuff. Take, for instance, the Maxi. FWD, hydragas suspension, 5-speed box in a 5-door hatchback body. Cortina had none of that but it looked better and went wrong less often (I think).

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Many years ago I worked for a company that made gearbox parts for almost all the big car manufacturers with the exception of BL. When I asked why I was told "The government won't let them pay high enough wages to attract decent designers, so they have to buy cheap foreign gearboxes". And they were *crap*. The gear shift lever in BL cars felt like it was in a bowl of pudding so you couldn't tell which gear you were in by feel, or even if you were in gear ! I reckon the only designers left there were old guys closing in fast on retirement and who'd stopped caring. No wonder the cars were awful.

[@admiralcraddock464]

But those Cortinas were as rotten as an old pear after five years. Mind you, so was every other car made beck then.

[@northstar1950]

Always wanted a 'Yensen'

[@blinski1]

I always read Jensen as a 'yensen', as it is obviously Danish/Norwegian surname.

[@23rdjune]

@@blinski1 Made in West Bromwich.

[@timpriddy349]

440 cubic inches.....7.2 litres doesnt sound too tough to me

[@14rnr]

@@blinski1 You are correct, I know it was the most common Surname in Danmark when I used to go to there a lot in the 90's. Take care.

[@mell3109]

I have one :-)

[@nw8000]

Now that's! one motor show I want to go to. Cars, Birds and proper BOOZE!

[@carlsanders7919]

I finally understand. Auto makers: "We dont need quality in 1973 we have woman to sell cars".

[@brianpreston8483]

They still do it today

[@normhanson981]

Really enjoyed the video , thanks. Lotus Europa was a timeless design .

[@EnidAgnusDei]

sod looking at the cars, look at the women! real woman not all fake and plastic like today

[@manofthehour6856]

HAHAHA!!! Yeah, I was gaga here over "Miss Skoda". Definitely sod Skoda and shag the model!!!

[@FIATS76]

@Gerd Wiesler 'underfed'. I disagree.

[@priestland1]

Wow, Motor Show and the Van der Valk theme tune, what’s not to like. I think this is the year I went with my father, my abiding memory of going is that it was absolutely packed with visitors and was very hard to get close to any of the cars.

[@antonylawler3423]

1:44 "Imported Foreign (spit spit) cars". Said with total disgust. Lol.

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, I wonder if the narrator had any commentary on the imported foreign girls? Probably not; he sounds too ancient for that kind of thing. Myself, Ms Skoda in the white bikini, and damn the cars!!!!

[@kittylou5966]

@@manofthehour6856 I doubt they were foreign.

[@CodyBosch]

“ The space age Lamborghini, a £16,000 dream.“ -I know inflation and all, but still so weird to hear.

[@dcarbs2979]

You could get £10k Uraccos this century!

[@bubbamcgullicutty8966]

Would be over 160k Eur today !

[@ricklangley3438]

It's those imported 'forrin' cars I'm worried about.

[@rogerbarrett9920]

That's the real irony- Their all foreign now.

[@RestorationAustralia]

Super cool, I can't see anyone looking down on the mobile phone, good old days.

[@doktoruzo]

Velly nice. Lovely cars and birds. The 70's were cool.

[@doktoruzo]

@ ..lol. I was a child of the 70's. Born in 1966. One remembers things through rose tinted spectacles I suppose. Yes, I am fully aware there were problems but still, life seemed less complicated back then.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

@@doktoruzo just tell the miserable bastard to fuck off

[@peterallam6494]

Not so cool with all that polyester.

[@Elbowbanditest2003]

@@peterallam6494 we use a lot of polyester now. Maybe you meant asbestos

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

First time I saw a "Yensen" was in Dubai around 1973/4. It was on a road leading to the Zabeel Palace. Looked very impressive, elegant, GT type of a car.

[@39PSIOnTheDaily]

That Countach LP400 was production chassis #2. It’s worth several million now.

[@edgarbeat275]

Sure is 😊 Technically tube chassis No1 as the prototype was welded steel sheet construction. With its original interior. Was red with twin wipers. If you keep hunting the AP archives there is footage of the Lancia Zero and 1971 stratos prototype. Oh and the production Lp400. I will post links to them. Just great to see show footage. Compair the rear of No2 countach to a 1974 Lp400 the rear was changed for production.

[@TheSpritz0]

Those Russian Ladas were VERY reliable, and some I knew drove them for 15 years without much more than oil, tires, brakes, etc...needing replacement.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

😃😃😃 Bollocks. Why does a skoda have a heated rear window.??? To. Keep your hands warm when your pushing it.

[@TheSpritz0]

@@stringer-ik1pc I didn't say Skoda, they were not good- LADA was much more robust...

[@borderlands6606]

@@TheSpritz0 Skoda and Lada were better than the BL competition.

[@TheSpritz0]

@@borderlands6606 Oh 100% on that, even Rovers had issues where their bodies leaked and things like their glove-box would get flooded in a rainfall...

[@agohelliwell6755]

I was there as a 16 year old app motor mech ... it was all free . The dealership i worked at paid for everything . GREAT DAYS !

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, yeah, especially if they paid for the SAAB stripper and a lapdance! ....seriously, those were much better days in terms of motoring when cars look interesting, were not mobile computerized TV screens on wheels in an assortment of colors such as black, white, tan or silver. I was only two that year, but having grown up with a steady diet of Matchbox cars and enthusiast magazines, those were THE days.

[@agohelliwell6755]

@@manofthehour6856 five of us went to that VERY motor show and the models didn't care how they dressed ... I'll never 4get it ..

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

@@manofthehour6856 Well then get yourself one of those 1960's, 70's cars, they will go under the title "vintage" on your internet market place. They see how many times you will need to visit your local garage for tune ups and general servicing. Cortina, Allegro, Mini, Princess etc theres some of them.

[@vinbar35]

@@mohabatkhanmalak1161 agreed but back then it was possible to fix a lot of stuff your self. It was a right of passage for young drivers. Now, even if you need to change a spark plug there's no guarantee that you would even be able to get at it.

[@stuartbritton7408]

The Merak was a Khamsin and the Yensen was a Jensen. Nowadays, people don't forgive mistakes so easily. We are a savage lot. Full of filthy language, politically correct and up our own arses. In those days sincerity was widespread. Innocence was acceptable.

[@robinwitting2023]

The f word was a serious swear word back then; now it's just a form of punctuation. Robin Witting

[@bradwooldidge6979]

Why did he pronounce it “Yensen”? WTF is wrong with him?

[@vinbar35]

To my mind the Khamsin was fantastic and Maserati haven't come up with anything better since.

[@geneharrogate6911]

Princess Anne was quite a dish back in the day, if thats your thing. A true good egg and so much more interesting and deserving of praise than disco princess Diana ever was.

[@geneharrogate6911]

@Pollywog Oh no! Where? Where?!!!

[@racketman2u]

If I had to pick a favourite year for cars, 72-73 would be about spot on; Britain had the Jensen Interceptor and XJ12, Triumph TR6, and the lovely Lotus Elan was still in production; in the USA the 240Z was impressing the locals, but they still had decent versions of the Pontiac Trans Am and Camaro; and in Aussie, the big Falcon GT coupes.

[@JeeGee114]

What about that 16 valve yellow Triumph Dolomite Sprint on display.

[@nlpnt]

For everyday cars it was the beginning of the end. GM replaced the '68-72 generation A-bodies with the Colonnades and BL replaced the ADO16 1100/1300 with the Allegro, kicking off the Malaise Era in earnest on both sides of the Atlantic.

[@brinx8634]

For me, a Yensen would be a good car...I drive a Yaguar and my wife has a VW Yetta.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

DWL OMG

[@Nickpaintbrush]

Velly nice work

[@RivieraByBuick]

nah u don`t, u re yust yelious.

[@herbiehusker1889]

No love for Yapanese cars?

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Once owned one of those Volvo 164 with straight 6 and twin carburator engine. It was like a battle tank on the road and you needed your own petrol station. But by that time, who cared about smal things like that when it was fun to drive and we all waited for that moon station who never was built. 😊

[@colshythecomedian]

"Leyland's dream of a petrol rationed car" looks like Peppa pigs car!

[@allanatkinson2422]

At 2:30. "Russians among leading contenders for the british market". Oh I'm laughing so hard my ribs hurt.

[@mirisch64]

Тебя что-то не устраивает, русофоб проклятый?

[@DerpEye]

@@mirisch64 Well, he's no wrong though.

[@MartinWillett]

The 16 valve Moskowitz. Seven in the engine, five in the tyres and the rest in the radio, in the top model only.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Yeah, he put the Japanese right at the back, yet they came out the top today!!

[@ConsumerDV]

British cars in 1970-s were garbage, barely welded together by always-striking workers. Literally anything was better. Russian cars were also cheaper.

[@victorvance2573]

From a time when beautiful cars where the norm and not the exception.

[@video99couk]

1:13 They mention the Hillman Hunter which was coming towards the end of life, yet nothing of the Avenger which was a much more recent model. You can see one behind the Hunter. Oh yes, I still enjoy driving a 1972 Hillman Avenger.

[@simongleaden2864]

I passed my test driving a Hillman Avenger, back in 1982.

[@FTFLCY]

"Yensen"? Did he think it was Dutch?

[@steviedee8921]

Princess Anne..Britain,s no. 1 driver...who wrote this drivel?

[@clivejones5880]

I burst out laughing at that remark.

[@manofthehour6856]

LOL, if by this inferred logic that the Royals rank above everyone else in the UK, I wonder how the Queen would feel about this statement considering how she, last I knew continues to drive at age 93 and was a mechanic during World War II? Or maybe being the "Number 1 Driver" means that she drives a mobile urinal?

[@keithwelton]

This remark stems from Princess Anne being caught at well over 100 mph on the M1 in her Reliant Scimitar as does the later comment on the Jensen Interceptor having a top speed of 140mph being fast enough for a Princess.

[@markbennett9787]

Pat Moss ?

[@dwightstjohn6927]

@@keithwelton She also rode her Royal in the Olympic jumping events. I saw her in San Diego on the circuit just after it rained. Really slippery and she dominated her ride.

[@michealng6974]

When I was looking at the girls at the beginning of I thought it was a contemporary motor show...

[@scootergeorge9576]

0:33 Chrysler and Fiat, side by side. An omen.

[@cnevill2]

It’s so strange to see so many cars without head rests.

[@greatbyrondo]

And thin steering wheels...

[@sirbum1918]

So odd that some of the cars look so timeless and others just look like junk.

[@sirbum1918]

@M I so want to hate on the super cars of the day, but they look fantastic! The Rover 2200 not so much...

[@Charonupthekuiper]

“Fast enough for a princess”. I love it.

[@pdtech4524]

Jenson Interceptor was my fav! £16k for a brand new Lambo!! I'll have a pair. 😁😎👍

[@brinx8634]

Ahh.....I thought it was 16k lbs.

[@manofthehour6856]

And what you don't take, I'll take the pair along with the rest of Miss Skoda.

[@vinbar35]

@Pollywog which is about 80k short of what it's equivalent costs new today and that's the basic version. So it really was a bargain back then :)

[@vinbar35]

@Pollywog I suppose it could be considered a bargain if someone paid 275K for one then decided that they didn't like florescent green with pink seats after all and sold it the next day for 194k.

[@stejer211]

2:34 'Our cars are as good as any in the world!' Ten years later...

[@terence2678]

Cracking birds Blakey.

[@numberstation]

Tel whatsup Whoarrrr!! Smashin’ bits o’ crumpet!!!

[@dudley7540]

Cracking birds. Wallace, is that you?

[@DAMORBEL]

Terence The birds were only there on press day - no GB public allowed!

[@ronwhite8503]

Get that bus aaart!

[@marshalllucky]

That cortina at 1.11 must have been made on a friday afternoon, they forgot the doors ?

[@martinwarne7183]

Marsh they fell off on the way over

[@jeniferallan6693]

My dad had a hillman hunter... Fab video. When all cars looked totally different. And women ....well...women sold cars....and we did japanese voices...loved this flashback to my teens...

[@herbtube7824]

Girls and Cars... good times :-)

[@Endurorodzndubz]

Oh how it went so so wrong, the amber warning light stopped working due to being made by BL

[@richsackett3423]

Lucas: Prince of Darkness

[@Android-vk8yh]

That is fantastic footage so un PC 🤭🤣the best thing we could come up with was spare parts for easy availability that's because our cars broke down and the best thing we could do was go on strike😪🤭👍

[@GearheadStew]

Lol, that Saab girl was sure earning her pay! Cool video, different times for sure!

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

All those Buxom Pommy girls & you just know a thick thatch is sitting there... Such heaven- i'll take a Redhead thanks!

[@adeh503]

Love that valiant charger

[@David-ty1xz]

"the girl that has arrived and will last forever, the car that is". Back when Benny Hill was on PBS, boobs and all.

[@paperbackwriter4145]

1:43 Lada begins

[@DiscoFang]

The mighty Fiat 124. Great cars. I had a Special T with the twin cam 1400.

[@bucko321]

All cars in Britain in the 70's were rust buckets but stylish rust buckets. It was part and parcel of owning a car then. There wouldn't the same amount of cars on the road today if they rotted like the good old days.

[@Cortinaman63]

Hi Mark, I am restoring one of the "stylish Rust buckets", which in this case was MINT until the year 2000 when it got neglected for many years, and the rust took hold, (now a 100% rust free shell, built to a super high standard). you might find interesting to see?. if you like 1970's Fords, especially my resent find, that has sat hidden in a damp garage for 35 years, rusted in some areas perfect in others!!.

[@Elbowbanditest2003]

@@Cortinaman63 what car is it?

[@Cortinaman63]

@@Elbowbanditest2003 The one being restored is a very rare version of the Ford Cortina Mk3 from 1974, and the one I found that had been sitting in a damp garage unused for 35 years, is another Mk3. Cortina from late 1975, and totally original, apart from some paintwork done around 1987., and has only rusted were rain water was dripping in on to it.(both cars are on my KZbin Channel).if anyone is interested in looking at them.

[@Elbowbanditest2003]

@@Cortinaman63 is it a gxl a 2000e maybe?

[@Cortinaman63]

@@Elbowbanditest2003 I plan to do the "exact model" reveal at the end of the restoration. But can say the car was built by Ford Motor Company as one of their (Promotional cars) and is the only surviving one out of two cars made with unique features, in 1974,

[@HenauderTitzauf]

Wow, if my wife would just open up a bit, I could use some of those hood ornaments. But, she says that a 76 y/o man doesn’t need them. Also, that men that old are like dogs chasing cars, and what would we do if we caught one. Phewwwwww, I think I need a nap, bye til later!

[@rappers5719]

I know the feeling! 🤣

[@springer-qb4dv]

Depends on how powerful/rich the old man is. Famous politicians and billionaires have no problem getting their harem of young beautiful hood ornaments! Humans are not any different than animal kingdom.

[@choochoochooseyou]

Velly nice car 😂

[@joshuaa3075]

I love how they tried to Distract from the bad cars with attractive ladies writhing on the cars. The knew how to move some bad cars back then.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

lovely video txs !

[@tbugher62]

When cars all looked different and built to last.,unlike today

[@melgrant7404]

Agree cars had some personality then

[@Uncle_Spooky]

..to last a year or two? It’s no wonder the British auto industry went down the tubes.

[@hyperxnight5011]

1973:jaguar for a man going places 2020:not anymore...

[@gulraizify]

Hoods are so long in cars probably a safety feature back then.

[@jeremytravis360]

I remember going. The Earls Court Stadium has gone now.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Er, there never was a stadium at Earls Court. Do you mean White City?

[@jeremytravis360]

@@AtheistOrphan No, I do mean Earls Court Stadium. They held everything form Pop concerts, Ideal Home Exhibition Boat show and Sports Arena.Depending on the event they advertised it accordingly. If you Google Earls Court Stadium it does come up.

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@jeremytravis360 - Oh sorry I didn’t know you meant Earls Court Exhibition centre. Yes, been there several times myself. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard it referred to as a ‘stadium’ though, which of course it never was, nor can I find it referred to as such on the internet. Happy memories for me, I saw Genesis and Floyd there.

[@jeremytravis360]

@@AtheistOrphan Yes thats what I meant. I also saw Pink Floyd back in 1973 I think, and The International Boat Show, and many other events It was Called Earls Court Exhibition Centre. They also had a sports event but not a big fan of Sport. I also went to a Genesis Concert but that was at Wembley.

[@Wesley_C]

These show car girls of the 70's there amazing.

[@andi346208]

It's strange that the Lamborghini Countach is a car we now think of as synonymous with the 1980s and yet it must have been designed 10 years before the 80s began. I'd have that one one now for 16 grand!

[@stevesrover]

Is that the theme from Van Der Valk? I know a lot of tv themes are often library music.

[@melgrant7404]

Yes it is

[@BangerFleet]

The music is Original Theme from Van Der Walk “Eye Level” The Simon Park Orchestra.

[@mebeasensei]

Volvo looks nice and particularly nice interior. That Russian car, Moskvitch 412 (don't laugh) won the British Saloon Championship!

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Actually I like the look of the Moskvitch 412.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Like all Russians involved in competition. It was either on steroids or cheated 😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@BaddaBigBoom]

The lotus Europa ..."A mere 117MPH but smooth once you're in it" ...little did he know.

[@elbownesdam4024]

Good to know princess margaret was the safest woman driver in the entire known cosmos and beyond

[@AtheistOrphan]

Do you mean Princess Anne? (Who featured in the video).

[@deltafoxtrot2]

It was common to see rust bubbling through the bodywork on any 1970s car after about six years. Rust prevention and water traps were not thought through with the car manufactures. Come winter your heart would be in your mouth hoping that the engine would start.

[@allencrider]

This era really expresses the collapse of good management for British car companies.

[@dwightstjohn6927]

Dad was a mechanic all his life and commented that the problem with British cars is the Engineering was so good there was no room for his caucasian hands to get into the engine area and do any repairs without dismantling the entire car. He retired just in time. Today ALL cars are like that.

[@tca666]

Those models should be brought back this year!!!

[@Android-vk8yh]

I reckon they would be a bit wrinkly now mate...🤭🤣👍

[@sanjay_wildthing]

Can anyone please tell me what is the name of the song in the background

[@priestland1]

It’s the Van der Valk theme tune, it’s called Eye Level and it’s absolutely brilliant

[@sanjay_wildthing]

@@priestland1 Thanks Peter. I have loved this tune for years, but I could not find it. Thanks again

[@richsackett3423]

Jackie Stewart is so tiny, he'd have been a great jockey if not for car racing.

[@aquapisces24]

Gorgeous women from the 70s.

[@bignoel32]

The datsun was probably the best car there.

[@GRAHAMAUS]

+Noel Kennedy Nope 0:30, the HP Firenza. Awesome car, so, so rare now. I had one, wish I hadn't sold it.

[@eddiekennedy7394]

datsuns were very reliable, excellent mechanics although rotted badly.

[@lesliebarnes8407]

THOSE WERE RUST BUCKETS CRAP CARS!!

[@colinjohnston8519]

The datusn was probably the worst car there. They rotted like nothing. Good cars for Japan but not for UK.

[@agfagaevart]

Like MGs and Triumphs didn't??

[@bcb3548]

Love sleek bodies of cars of this era

[@yggdrasil9039]

Just prior to the OPEC oil crisis.

[@agapitofioramonti381]

Just some days, or some hours prior.......

[@fpvillegas9488]

It's really different when cars are brand new

[@s8wc3]

2:15 "Leyland's dream for a petrol rationed future" I hope that's "dream" as in "it could potentially happen" not "I want this to happen"

[@jameslindley924]

Hmm!!! Missed out Range Rover 2 Door Classic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- The Best Vehicle on the market !!!!!!!!!

[@NickForest999]

Princess Anne…”you know she drove a Scimitar” 😎

[@johnklar5131]

Calling a car from this era "as good as anything in the world" didn't mean it wasn't junk.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

30% of cars sold in Britain are foreign imports. How will the British car industry cope? Watch this space to find out.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@trident3b I remember reading somewhere that the London Cab Company was now the top British car manufacturer

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@trident3b Joke --------------------------------------- Your head.

[@adamme8369]

@@GenialHarryGrout Aren't they own by Chinese? Geely if I remember well.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@@adamme8369 I wouldn't be surprised

[@_Peremalfait]

That Saab girl ain't fooling around. She really really wants you to check out that car.

[@pyrotechnick420]

2:20 I'm hearing the narrator call this car a "Shopping Cart." lol